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  • General factors that affect medication response in infants and children JULIA
  • Dosage calculations
Pain
  • General concepts/principles of pain management in infants and children, e.g., definition, family, role of nurse SHAWNDA
  • The pain experience of children SHAWNDA
  • Behavioral and physiologic indicators of pain SHAWNDA
  • Nonpharmacologic strategies (not so much specific strategies but overall concepts of why, when and how they are used) EMILY
  • PCA EMILY
  • Interventions for opioid induced respiratory depression EMILY
Physical Assessment
  • Health history, specifically components of past history-ANGELA
  • General approaches toward examining the child (sequence, communication, age appropriate approach/techniques) Johanna
  • Growth parameters (e.g., measuring, weight, height, what constitutes questionable growth; obesity and risk for being overweight) JULIA
  • Skinfold thickness and arm circumference Colleen
  • Selection of appropriate sized BP cuff Jennifer
  • Pulses (e.g., examination, grading of) Kristine
  • Examination of lymph nodes-what’s normal and what isn’t KRYSSA
  • Examination of head, especially newborn, infant Kristine
  • Visual acuity—how measured and norms, make sure to review for newborns and infants Elizabeth
  • Mouth exam (general technique, norms for tonsils, tongue, oral mucosa) Elizabeth
  • Types of breath sounds heard in children—normal and adventitious Colleen
  • Capillary refill-ANGELA
  • Sounds produced by the heart and what they represent- MARCIA
  • Palpation of testes- MARCIA
  • Musculoskeletal exam—review gait KRYSSA
  • Neurologic assessment (especially primitive reflexes, cerebellar function) KRYSSA